“Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a Prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires”.- Nicolo Machiavelli 1469-1527

I remember last time gas hit almost $5 a gallon. There was a noticeable drop in traffic on my commute. Plus there was a very noticeable increase in ridership on the trains.

Still happily running WVO in the diesel. My fuel costs are LOW.

Yeah, but dont you have to do install some sort of conversion kit on the motor and the collect, filter, and process the waste oil?

Who sells filtered and fuel ready waste oil and what's the going price per gallon?

“Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a Prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires”.- Nicolo Machiavelli 1469-1527

Yeah, but dont you have to do install some sort of conversion kit on the motor and the collect, filter, and process the waste oil?

Who sells filtered and fuel ready waste oil and what's the going price per gallon?

Yes. I installed the hardware. Basically a tank with heated lines, solenoids to switch back and forth, a heat exchanger to get the oil extra hot before entering the stock system, and gauges to monitor the VO system.

I collect the oil from my friends restaurant. Heat and filter the oil. Add a biocide and store in 55 gallon drums until needed.

It's some extra work. But my fuel costs are very low. Not to mention MUCH less pollution from my vehicle.

There are companies that sell filtered WVO ready to go. But they are generally more expensive than diesel prices. You always pay more for convenience.

It's certainly not for everyone. But it's worked well for me. I've saved enough in fuel to pay for the hardware and time many many times over.

Yes. I installed the hardware. Basically a tank with heated lines, solenoids to switch back and forth, a heat exchanger to get the oil extra hot before entering the stock system, and gauges to monitor the VO system.

I collect the oil from my friends restaurant. Heat and filter the oil. Add a biocide and store in 55 gallon drums until needed.

It's some extra work. But my fuel costs are very low. Not to mention MUCH less pollution from my vehicle.

There are companies that sell filtered WVO ready to go. But they are generally more expensive than diesel prices. You always pay more for convenience.

It's certainly not for everyone. But it's worked well for me. I've saved enough in fuel to pay for the hardware and time many many times over.

Interesting. What did that setup cost? We have two CUCV's (military diesel trucks) with the stock 6.2L non-turbo engines, and diesel is running over $4/gal out here...

Can you switch back and forth between Diesel and WVO or do you have to have separate tanks and fuel lines?

“Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a Prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires”.- Nicolo Machiavelli 1469-1527

Good luck finding a source right now. Valley proteins has the area on lock down. Plus once fuel prices go up everyone and their mom starts trying WVO.

There was a ring of Asian guys stealing waste oil from local restaurants a few months ago. They would pull up with a pumper truck and suck the waste tanks dry, then drive off to New York/New Jersey I believe and re-sell it.

Never knew stealing waste was an arrestable offense.

“Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a Prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires”.- Nicolo Machiavelli 1469-1527

Friend of mine has a "greasecar" conversion on his truck. He has a friend with a chinese restaurant. Takes the oil from there. Apparently, his friend was, at one time, PAYING for waste oil removal. My buddy comes and gets it.

I would agree with the above advice: Make sure you have a good reliable source of WVO before you do something like this.